It is interesting to note that however counterintuitive it is to say, by the numbers, Taiwan is by no means a small country. But why is Taiwan thought of as small nonetheless?...
In a year which has already seen unprecedented crackdowns on the press, China recently announced a ban on foreign media publishing online in China. Will this backfire?...
On February 13th, at the Tainan earthquake disaster site, I saw about 20 Japanese volunteers wearing Taiwan Presbyterian Church vests with Japanese flags displayed on their clothes or badges. In the supply section, the Japanese volunteers outnumbered the Taiwanese volunteers. ...
A recent visit by Taiwanese president Ma Ying-Jeou to disputed island of Itu Aba, also known as Taiping Island, has made waves because of the potential to incite territorial disputes over islands in the South China Seas...
The recent deal between Japan and Korea reached on the historical issue of comfort women is probably an attempt to cement relations in the face of the threat of China...
2016 elections in Taiwan drew attention in Thailand even from the first announcement. Interestingly, in Thai cyberspace, netizens converse about Taiwan politics in relation to the current Thai politics...
It is quite often assumed that post-democratization, the KMT has become a “normal” political party, analogous to any other party functioning in a two-party political system. This is hardly so...